Decision Theory and Choices: a Complexity Approach (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2010)

In economics agents are assumed to choose on the basis of rational calculations aimed at the maximization of their pleasure or profit. Formally, agents are said to manifest transitive and consistent preferences in attempting to maximize their utility in the presence of several constraints. They operate according to the choice imperative: given a set of alternatives, choose the best. This imperative works well in a static and simplistic framework, but it may fail or vary when 'the best' is changing continuously. This approach has been questioned by a descriptive approach that springing from the complexity theory tries to give a scientific basis to the way in which individuals really choose, showing that those models of human nature is routinely falsified by experiments since people are neither selfish nor rational. Thus inductive rules of thumb are usually implemented in order to make decisions in the presence of incomplete and heterogeneous information sets.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Italy
Series:	New Economic Windows
Release date:	August 2016
Editors:	Marisa Faggini • Concetto Paolo Vinci
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	251
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2010
ISBN-13:	978-88-470-5817-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > Game theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Promotions
LSN:	88-470-5817-1
Barcode:	9788847058170

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